457 Internat. J. Math. & Math. Sci. VOL. II NO. 3 (1988) 457-464 ON THE DUAL SPACE OF A WEIGHTED BERGMAN SPACE n ON THE UNIT BALL OF C J.S. CHOA and H.O. KIM Department of Applied Mathematics KAIST P.O. Box 150, Cheongryang Seoul, KOREA (Received January 30, 1987 and in revised form March 24, 1987) ABSTRACT. B on the unit ball C of n A(Bn)(0 Berman space The weighted n forms an F-space. < p < I), of the holomorphic functions We find the dual space of A(Bn) by determining its lckey topology. KEY WORDS AND PHRASES. Hardy space, Bergman space, Mackey topology. 30D55, 32A35. 1980 AMS SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION CODE. I. INTRODUCTION. n, be the normalized Lebesgue measure and o be the unit ball of C Let B n with be the rotation invariant positive Borel measure on S, the boundary of B I. o(S) AP(Bn)(0a The weighted Bergman space B tions holomorphic in SUPOr<l MP(r;f) p If(r)IPdo(). HP(Bn) MP(r;f) where p in fact, the Hardy space < -I) consists of all func- ’ MP(r;f)(l-rd()2nr2n-ldr P 0 P < p < for which < , =, -I, -I, Note that the weighted Bergman space AP(B a n) is -i (See [I]). if AP(Bn). by determining the Mackey topology of n > if The purpose of this paper is to compute the dual space case if (A(Bn))* for 0 < p The corresponding problems for the are settled by Duren, Romberg and Shields [2], Shapiro [3] and Ahem [4]. Our computations are very similar to those of them. Throughout this work, a, that the ratio 2. Ca,g,. denotes a positive constant depending only on which may vary in the various places, and the notation a(z)/b(z) has a positive finite limit as SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS. LEMMA 2.1. If(z) If f C C AP(Bn)(0a n,p, < p < llfll p, (I ’ Izl) -I), then n+=+l P Izl a(z) I. b(z) means J.S. CHOA and H.O. KIM 458 PROOF. . is proved in [I, Thm 7.2.5]. -I The case for zl -<_ For this range of > C => C C C since is bounded r)2nr2n-ldrd() f fS If(r)IP(l r)ado()dr MP(0;f) p n,p f MP(0;f)(I p n,p,a a =-I r)dr (I 0) a+l. and the above result, we get n p M (p;f)(ln,p p Izl) n +i C If(z) n,p p By the result of the case If(pz) =< < we have: p If(r) Ip(1 of fs IifliP’P Izl --< a > -I, it is enough to prove the result for For the proof of the case n,p,a llfll p, P ) (i p Izl) (I Consequently we have If(z) If(drdr)l r) (z a+l C (I n,p,a llfll p,a P r) n (I p r) n+a+l -<COROLLARY 2.2. C llfll p, n,p, (a) (I P r) The convergence of AP(B n)a P llf gllp, a (0<p< I) If (P with its invariant metric d(f ,g) gll p,a > I) implies the uniform convergence on any compact subset of (b) AP(B n)a PROOF. is an F-space if 0 < p < B n and a Banach space if (a) follows immediately from Lena 2.1. p I. The proof of (b) is routine and is omitted. COROLLARY 2.3. AP(B n)a C A(B n)D if 0 < p < q and n+a+l n+B+l P q In particular, APa (Bn) C Alo (Bn) PROOF. where First, we prove the case inequality of the following. o n+a+l a > -I. (n+ I). We use Lemma 2.1 in the first n DUAL SPACE OF A WEIGHTED BRRGMAN SPACE ON I UNIT BALL OF C f fS If(r)lq(1 r)B2nr2n-ldrdo() q 0 f Sf if(r){Pcn,p,a,q --< 0 (1 P r) I q-p r)f2nr2n-ldrdo(r.) (1 n,p,a,q C I -n+a+-----l 459 r)a2nr 2n-1 drdo() If(r) IP(1 p,a S 0 "[[f[[q n,p,a,q This completes the proof of the case a > -I. The remaining case is essentially a result of Hardy and Littlewood, but we give a proof using Ahern’s technique in [5]. Let f C HP(Bn). By Lemma 2.1, we have n p n,p(1 -[z[) If(z)[ K [[f[[p Set Mf() [f(r)[ sup 0<r<l Then we have f f(r)[(I r) (- 1)n-12nr2n_ld r (2.1) 0 [[fl[P 0f If Mf() If S f() < IIll p’ Kn Ilfll p’ ,p K n ,p A)-n (1- n,p [[fl[ p -<K r)-n-ldr+Cn,pMf() Xf (1 n +C n,p . by setting Mf() (1- ( )n(1 r) dr 1_ 1)n ,)( (2.2) (- l)n (2.2), (2.1) is dominated by 0 in 1-p Mf(r.) p C n’p by setting in (2.2), (2.1) is dominated by C n,p p lifl[1-PMf(r.) p Hence, for any (2.1) C S, < C n,p Iil p + C n ,p Integrating (2.3) with respect to theorem [I, Thm. 5.6.5], we obtain do(iO over S (2.3) and using the complex maximal 460 J.S. CHOA and H.O. KTM 2nr2n’Idrdo () 1-p + Cn []ll p c n,p lifll p AP(Bn). THE HACKEY TOPOLOGY OF In this section, we will show that the Mackey topology of AP(B n) is the n_+l restriction of the topology of where o (n+l). p First we give necessary definitions. DEFINITION 3.1. The Hackey topology of a non-locally convex topological vector space (X,x) is the unique locally convex topology m on X satisfying the follow3. AI(Bn), ing conditions: (I) (2) is weaker than x, m the x-closure of the absolutely convex hull of each x-neighborhood of the origin contains an m-neighborhood of the origin (See [6, Thm I]). DEFINITION 3.2. For B > -n and z, w C Bn, we define 1-<z, w>) B+n+ n and S,o(w)(,) ( [wl2)’K(-,w). The following proposition is useful in the sequel: PROPOSITION 3.3. [I, p. 120] If B > -n, then K$(g,w) is a reproducing kernel for the holomorphic functions in In other words, if f is holomorphic on Bn and integrable with respect to the measure (I then LI{(I-lwl2)dv(w)}. lwl2)$dv(w), LdA 3.4. [1, Prop. 1.4.10] LEI4A 3.5. [7, Letma6] For I 0 gC B and c n and r,0 f <x r)a(1 or)ldr s Ca,i(1 a real, we define i + 0, then 0) 0 for some positive constant . The next lemma is an easy application of the above two lemmas. n_++1 LEMMA 3.6. Let 0 p and fix (n + I) m Then P PROOF. We only prove the case -I. Let w C Bn, and 0 r 1. n DUAL SPACE OF A WEIGHTED BERGMAN SPACE ON THE UNIT BALL OF C 461 Then we have, by Lemma 3.4 and 3.5, p. dr C n,p,o,B (I- 2 +n+l-(8+n+l)p (8-)p (I- [w[ 2 =< c n,p,o,8 Thus we have sup{ P il Js,o(w) lip,= wCBn <. The proofs of the following theorems are essentially the same as those of [3] (Prop 4.4 and Prof. 45) and are omitted n,+l and 8 > THEOREM 37 Let 0 < p < P C n,p,,B points in < f such that for each Bn and a sequence (lj) AI(Bn C (n+l) E . Then there exists there exist a sequence (wj) of the of the complex numbers such that n,p,,8 and [" jJ8 o(wj )’ f (3.2) j where the last series converges in THEOREM 3.8. of 4. -(Bn) AloTHE DUAL where Al(Bn )’o The Mackey topology of n++l o (n+l). AP(B n)_ is the restriction of the topology P AP(Bn).s SPACE OF Finally, we will find the dual space of AP(Bn). For the proof of this main result, the following definition is needed: (Radial fractional derivatives of holomorphic functions in DEFINITION 4 Let g(z) k= 0 Gk(Z) be the homogeneous expansion of the radial fractional derivative of Rqg(z) k=0 (k+l)qGk(Z). Let f(z) [ Fk(Z) k=O of order g . k=0 [ lyl=k c(y)z Y, q g. For any real number is defined by B n q, J.S. CHOA and H.O. KIM 62 and be the homogeneous expansions of 0 =< 0 < f We note that for g, respectively and q > O, I, we have [ ? k--OIYl--k 2q F (q) (log) 0 2n(k+l) (k+n) q (n- l)!k! (n- I+ c(y)d(y) q-I q O k f R-a f (r) Rq+ag (r0 ) 2nr2n-ldrdo (). (4.1) S We can now prove the duality relation. We use the idea of Ahern [4] in the proof of the following. 0 < p < Let THEOREM 4.2. (A(Bn))* f " H(Bn) By Theorem 3 8 0. simplicity we assume o and let f Take P Then Izl) IR+2f(z) sup(l g (n + I). llfll^ It suffices to compute < (R)} (A) * For such that n Then by (4.1) be a polynomial. I k=O]y!=k =2 n4x+l o (A)* (A)* PROOF. zB and V c(y)d(Y) (n- I) !k! (n- I+ f Sf -1 R f (r R2g rp g 2n(k + I) q (k + n) q )2nr 2n- k drdo 0 (log 7 f(r)R2g(rp)2nr2n-ldrd(e)" Hence lim p/l y [ k=OIy (n 1) !k! c()d(’)’) (n+k) T =k log f(r)l r Since log l-r c k,= II f II A II g II lim 0 "+1 . Ia2z(==)l 2nr2n-ldrdo() zBn ^ Since polynomials are dense in ,(f) (l-r) sup ok) I, (4.2) is dominated by r as 2n(k + 1) q (k+n) q k=OIyl=k AO, the mapping c(Y)d(y) (n- 1)!k! 2n(k+l) q (n- + k) (k+n)q O k (4.2) DUAL SPACE OF A WEIGHTED BERGt SPACE ON THE UNIT BALL OF Cn AO. extends to be a bounded linear functional on 01(2 A Ll(2nr2n-ldrdo()), G L(R)(2nr2n-ldrdo()) in f (f) for each Ll(2nr2n-ldrdo()) on the space functional f A in But Since extends to be a bounded linear since (LI) * L there exists such that f(r)G(r)2nr2n-ldrdo() 0 S O. Let 0 S G(w) H(z) (l-<z w be the holomorphic projection of (f) C (A) Conversely, let by the Hahn-Banach theorem 463 >)n+l G. 2no If 2n- Idodo(n) (w On) is a holomorphic polynomial, then f f Sf f(r)G(r5)2nr 2n-I drdo() f Sf f (r) H 0 (rK)2nr2n-ldrdo (K) 0 f sfr f (r) RH(r) 2nr2n-ldrdo () 0 f f 0 S where g R -1 R-IH. is defined to be sup f(r)R2g(r)2nr2n-ldrdo(), Izl)lR1H(z)l (I- The proof will be complete if we can show that . < n Since DH(r) .[ .[ Dr 0 S (n+l) r < r, 0n >G(on) (I- <r, On >) n+2 2nD2n-I dDdo(), (z r) we have do(n) r,o>l n+2 IIGII =< c RIH(r) sup zgB n (I DH(r) --r. do (1 -or) (4.3) l-r" n By (4.3) and f 0 Dr I-I)IRIH(z)I +H(r) < do we have J.S. CHOA and H.O. KIM 464 REFERENCES I. 2. n Sprlnger-Verlag, New York, 1980 Theory in the Unit Ball of C p DUREN, P.L. ROMBERG, W. and SHIELDS, A.L. Linear Functlonals on H space with 0 < p < I, J. Reine Angew. Math. 38 (1969), 32-60. RUDIN, W. Function Some F-spaces of Harmonic Functions for which Orllcz-Pettls Theorem Fails, Proc. 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